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Anemia Among one to two years Rural Children and its Relationship with some Variables in some Villages in Khafer El Dawar in Behera Governorate

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Agricultural extension

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This study aimed to :  1- determine the degree of anemia among children 2- respondents assessment of the nutritional status of the respondents children by measuring their weights and their lengths . 3 -studing their daily dietary pattern . 4-determine their  Determine their mother's  information and their  practices level about child's nutrition  .  5-determine relationship between the degree of anemia among respondents children with independent variables like: some individual and family's characteristics, daily dietary pattern, mother's  information level and mother's nutrition  practices level . Data were collected by personal interviews using questionnaires filled from 200 children's mothers attending three Mother and Child Health Care Units at Khafer El Dawar in Behera Governorate . Ratio percent , Sperman Correlation and Chi square were used for data analysis The result of this study indicated that : - 92 % of children were suffering from anemia  (35 % moderate & 57% mild  ) . - 04 % of respondents children their weights were normal , 12%  were underweight but 48 % were overweight . - 32 % of children their lengths were normal , 41 % from them were less than normal and 21 % were more than normal length .  - 77% , 69% , 67 % , 51 % of the children respectively ate less than recommended daily allowance  four food groups : meat ,  vegetables ,  milk and fruits . - 53%and 41% respectively of mothers their information level regarding  child nutrition was poor and moderate , only 6 % from them had good information level . - 60% and 27%  respectively of mothers their practices level about child nutrition was poor and moderate, only 3 % from them had good practices level .  - There was significant negative relationships between the degree of infection anemia among respondents children with some independent variables like:  weight of child, daily intake from follow food groups : cereals and its products, meat and its alternatives,  milk and its products, fruits and vegetables, also There was negative significant relationships between anemic infection with weekly intake from eggs and meat . - There was significant negative relationships between the degree of infection anemia among respondents children with their mother's education, mother's knowledge level , mother's practices level . -There was significant positive relationship with children's drinking tea and member of their family .
               

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10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2007.158366

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Amal

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el Sayed el Asaal

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28

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JULY- SEPTEMBER

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394

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2007-07-01

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2007-08-09

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2007-07-01

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170

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183

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1110-0176

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2536-9784

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53

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Alexandria Science Exchange Journal

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22 Jan 2023